Hop on a motorcycle and ride across China. Ride into the West. Out of urban industrialization and into the borderlands. Over packed dirt and concrete to a land still breathing with its own lungs. Bring your friends. If you think you’re dreaming, pay more attention.
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Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Day 29: Hami to Turpan, Xinjiang


Distance: ? km
Expenses: gas 69rmb, hotel 60rmb
Events:
  • Our hottest ride was the last 30km into Turpan.
  • Stayed at the "Disco Hotel" though the disco wasn't open the two days we stayed there.
  • D ate some awesome rotisserie chicken. The next day, P had to go back and try it.
  • T got sick, we think from the heat, so P and D went out that night on a pub crawl. Went to a few bars, learned a new hand drinking game, and took a 10rmb donkey cart taxi. That was 10rmb well spent!
  • D and P then stopped in a Muslim bar/disco. Some gerk tried to charge us 20 rmb for a beer, but after a little inquiry with the locals, we found that each was only 10 rmb.
  • The Muslim bar was an interesting cultural experience. The boys would dance to a song, then the girls would dance, and then another chang in music would bring the boys back out. Later during other types of music, the boys danced with the girls in some kind of courtship ritual.

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